WorldPulse

United States Policy Uncertainty

us-trade-uncertainty-indexEconomy

Subject

United States

Metric

Policy Uncertainty

Data Points

493

Coverage

1985–2026

Latest Value

2,250.257

as of Jan 1, 2026

Time Series (493 observations)

Recent Data

DateValueType
Jan 1, 20262,250.257-
Dec 1, 20253,115.981-
Nov 1, 20253,178.669-
Oct 1, 20252,558.28-
Sep 1, 20253,767.431-
Aug 1, 20252,727.154-
Jul 1, 20253,371.644-
Jun 1, 20253,537.47-
May 1, 20255,780.037-
Apr 1, 20257,955.647-
Mar 1, 20255,912.108-
Feb 1, 20252,583.899-
Jan 1, 20251,725.71-
Dec 1, 20241,319.006-
Nov 1, 20241,401.68-

Showing most recent 15 of 493 observations

Data Source

Baker, Bloom, and Davis

Retrieved via FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis).

API Access

# Fetch data by canonical code
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/us-trade-uncertainty-index

# With date filters
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/us-trade-uncertainty-index?start_date=2020-01-01

# Point-in-time reconstruction (Pro)
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/us-trade-uncertainty-index?as_of=2024-01-01